Risk Management & Bcp Update

Frank Wilkie38:31

We're back everybody. The meeting's been reopened. It brings us to item 9. There are no Mayoral minutes. We have no notified motions. It brings us to consideration of committee reports. 11.1 Audit and Risk Committee recommendations. 11.1.1 governance and policy update, 11.1.2 risk management and BCP update, 11.1.3 ICT Cyber Risk Report, 11.1.4 internal audit update, 11.1.5, 24, 25. Draft financial statements, NANDA financial year update, 11.1.6 is the Queensland Audit Office KPMG combined interim report, and there's a summary report of this one directed to Council on the subject later in the agenda at item 12.3. And the 11.1.7 is the Audit and Risk Committee recommendations en bloc. I have a move and a seconder for the Audit and Risk Committee recommendations, Councillor Wilson. I have a seconder, Councillor Wegener. All in favour? It's carried unanimously. 11.2 Planning & Environment Committee recommendations. 11.2.1 planning applications decided by delegated authority for August. 11.2.2 it's an MCU development application for other change to develop an approval for Commercial Business Type 1 office, Commercial Business Type 2, medical to healthcare centres, hospital and infusion centre, and RAL19000407 reconfiguration lot at 36.40 Huffington Noosaville, 11.2.3. As it's an MCU development application for Material Change of Use for short-term accommodation, backpackers accommodation at 17 Russell Street, Noosaville. 11.2.4, Planning & Environment Committee recommendations en bloc. Now we have a mover and seconder for planning the and environment committee recommendations to be adopted. Councillor Lorentson, seconded by Councillor Phillips. All in favour? That's unanimous, 11.3, Services & Organisation Committee Recommendations. 11.3.1.1 is Minor Amendments to Fees and Charges Register for Commercial Fees. 11.3.2, Noosa Shire Council's solar specialised supplier lists. Councillor Phillips. Thank you.

Through the Chair, as per normal statutory reporting obligations, whenever there is a report or so whenever we have an interim audit report or even an end of financial year audit report from the QAO we are obligated to respond to any matters or findings that they put in their report and there is those report that says management update and response is required at the next Audit and Risk Committee meeting so our next Audit and Risk Committee meeting is scheduled I think for the 12th of December so there will be a formal update to the interim audit report. And findings and be quite specific around what it is that we have actually implemented to address that if I could through the Chair just to add some additional information as of this morning in my conversations with the Director deputy Director-general of the QAO they will be issuing a sector-wide statement tomorrow afternoon and this is often what they do if they're responding to a situation that is being felt. Sector-wide so not just local government but state government and any other statutory bodies they have been contacted and other CEO statutory bodies etc across local government and state have contacted them. In relation to this information now that it's out as a matter of public record and so the QRA we're going to be issuing it's generally what they call not an improvement notice but it's an update to the sector to provide advice and guidance as to what councils and the sector can do to make sure that their internal controls are robust enough and what pitfalls to look out for so they are issuing and that they will it's a sector-wide statement so for Council's councils information not of it you may or be aware of this another one another Council not as recently as eight months ago had exactly this same occurrence happen to them in exactly the same manner exactly the same manner that meant that there was a loss so that was through the social engineering experience that we've experienced another very large Council with a lot of resources and a lot of money, experience. This same event.